South Africa calls end to long run of interest rate hikes
Central bank keeps benchmark at 8.25 per cent after inflation returns to target rangeCentral banks
Goldman’s artificial unintelligence
Past performance IS indicative of future returns, actuallyArtificial intelligence
Turkey lifts interest rates for second consecutive month in effort to tame inflation
New central bank chief increases one-week repo rate by 2.5 percentage points to 17.5%Central banks
Can clean energy investment outlive Joe Biden’s IRA?
Also in today’s newsletter, oilfield services hit by shale patch slowdownShale Oil & Gas
Netflix: password sharing cutback provides shortlived gain
The bump in subscriber numbers is only a temporary fix and the streaming giant will have to find new revenue streamsDigital Media
Federal Reserve tries to make up for lost decades with real-time payments system
US central bank makes first significant upgrade to antiquated financial plumbing since 1970s Fintech
Vattenfall puts brakes on UK wind farm as costs surge 40%
Norfolk Boreas was one of the biggest new projects in the pipeline and was set to power 1.5mn homesRenewable energy
AI in law, consulting and professional services
Lawyers and accountants charge handsomely for human expertise — but firms have still been embracing the technology Artificial intelligence
AI in the music industry
New tools can create compositions, clone voices and recommend songs to listeners — but can it match the human interaction with fans? Artificial intelligence
Internet ratings get only three stars from me
Nudges towards relentlessly positive feedback distort our ability to measure real customer experienceConsumer trends